quinta-feira, janeiro 08, 2015

[UK] No UK asylum for cross-dressing Singaporean
British judge rejects claim of possible inhumane treatment in the Republic
A cross-dressing Singaporean who sees himself as a woman has failed in his bid to remain in Britain on human rights grounds. He had argued that he would be under pressure to live as a male here and would have to do reservist training.

[UK]Christine Goodwin, whose case launched the Gender Recognition Act, dies
Trans campaigner Christine Goodwin has died aged 77 after a long illness.
In 2001 she won her case against the United Kingdom at European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to be legally recognised as female. She had previously been unable to marry, or draw her pension at the age of 60, and had been unable to do anything that would require presenting her birth certificate, such as taking out a loan.

[Ireland]Amnesty: Ireland is ‘short-changing’ trans people with new gender bill
Amnesty International has attacked the first draft of Ireland’s new gender recognition bill.
At present, Irish law has no process for recognising that transgender people do not identify as their birth gender, but the Irish government finally published a long-awaited bill today which will recognise the gender of trans people.
The bill, which was first announced in June, will bring Irish law in line with that of other countries, by legally recognising the gender of trans people in all dealings with the State, public bodies, and civil and commercial society.
However, activists have reacted with dismay to some of the proposals, which they say impose a number of unrealistic conditions.

[Belgium] 30 pc more sex changes in Flanders
Ghent's transgender team helped nearly 150 people to change sex last year. The team attached to Ghent University Hospital says that the number of up 30 percent on the year and that the number has trebled in only five years.

[Nepal] Nepal to issue passports with third gender
Nepal will issue passports to sexual minorities, adding a third gender category, an official said on Wednesday in a sign of the conservative Hindu-majority country becoming more liberal since the end of a decade-long civil war.

[New Zealand] NZ joining global Leelah Alcorn solidarity
Action will be held across New Zealand this Saturday in solidarity with global measures to mark the death of a transgender Ohio teenager, and push for gender issues to be taught in schools.

[USA] HIV Activist Bamby Salcedo Recognized as 2014 Top Woman of Color
Colorlines, a news website dedicated to issues regarding race in the U.S., made a list of the top 14 women of color who rocked 2014. The list was representative of many different fields -- media, advocacy, politics and more -- and among those recognized was HIV and transgender justice activist Bamby Salcedo.

[USA] Protecting Trans Prisoners
LeslieAnn Manning, a transgender woman in a male facility, says she was raped because her prison didn’t keep her safe. How should prisons protect their most vulnerable inmates?

[CA, USA] Suspect Arrested, Charged With Hate Crime In Stabbing Of Transgender Woman
Brodes Wayne Joynes of San Francisco was identified as the sole suspect in the stabbing of a transgender woman, Samantha Husley, as police Sergeant Monica Macdonald has told the Examiner.
Allegedly, it was this 54-year-old man who hatefully harassed Hulsey and her partner Rae Raucci on a 49 Muni bus before pursuing the women once they got off and eventually stabbing Hulsey.

[PA, USA] Rep. Mark Cohen to Introduce Transgender Rights Bills in New Session
Last spring, Philly Representative Mark Cohen announced that he would introduce Pennsylvania’s first transgender rights bill in the House. That, unfortunately, never came to be, because, as Philly trans activist Jordan Gwendolyn Davis tells me, of changes during the drafting process. But don’t fret, a new and more-specific series of bills are on their way.